The Sun. — London, England, 1864-02-02 00:00:00

---",-* f vih"4 1 0 NE r 3. AND °°I4IIEZItCIA.L INTELLIGENCE. The k CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. ehe fin Y Mark e t cont i nues to be adversely in , e ,, "ced through the uncertainty with which the ;:pri x . 7 . *8 is surro unded. The managers of the public rcl at e discou n t esta b lishments are, therefore, they war to e in their p roceedings, and the prudence uisplsy in th e i r operations has tended to limit th e 4°4ilable supplies of the market. The enquiry ei,ll,eehisuodation continues rather active, and as mer cantile cent, is charged for all descriptions of mer k;" Paper, a very large proportion of the cora -11-1.,;i41 classes seek assistance from the directors of ea ek of England. hlt 4 o fullhEr 'um of £lO,OOO in bar gold was taken Th e 13Quk yesterday. " eit Vi l th 4 62) Y 02 ° 5. fLondon h as arr i ve d f rom N ew Y or k Ni t tl t e ceulmittee of the Stock Exchange have ap th4-ed t he sth inst. for a special settlement in the Qlo es o °l th e following companies, viz., the Penni tot `°Pper Company (Limited), the Canadian kt0,11.44d Investment Company (Limited), and the ,L imit e d) , Loan, Credit, and Agency Company , Nis alted). bu r ; hed ' n g the last few days business in the foreign 44;1.431141 produce markets has been exceedingly prices, Sugars have barely sustained former puhi W hile rice has been neglected. At , the telli t i t c , B4l eB of Assam tea late quotations were tat e - "etl) while there has been a fair demand for realize'mailPeriur descriptions of colonial having 4 44 .•• full rates. The tallow market has con etkief4 !e rY dull, and quotations for both present itt:„Wald delivery show a downward tendency. kei;.`'untinental Company for Boatbuilding by tr ihet i i ii „ " / (Thompson's patents) have made a dis- Poli t :' at the rate of 10 per cent. out of the deh lhtte4i"eived from the purchasers of the French t recently disposed of. thB 6 l , l : if- Y e arly meeting of the shareholders . of 13irraingham, and South Staffordshire The t o held to-day—Mr. Bethel in the chair. e th Port embraced a period of seven months, vt lu i 0146 't of the bank's operations from its este -1404-'4l. The balance sheet exhibited a gross ptol)4Yr4 £6,903 4s. lld. The nett profit (after PL44O l et all s a l ar i es and working expenses) ,i - ' 2l 14 s. 2d., w hi c h amount t h e di rectors te lt to car ry forward to the pr o fit an d l oss ~ to Two O'CLOCK. litt4tltthe Paris BOurse this morning, according to 'tete hetitet•B telegram, the Three per Cent. Renter A t sittleted 66f. 05c. Very flat. 114,411'e tret annual meeting, to-day, of the Con s; , e ( l 4 , 1/'"k Corporation, an adjournment w ffi. 'itil oet ; i ° enable the directors to complete the o Th e etl leilt of their foreign accounts. Nob tlikr ket for the English Funds closed last qrth ° 'kith a very depressed appearance, and e No e: 817n1Ponis of weakness were perceptible ill e a t4 , •ll4 ng', but at the latest moment (two o'clock) h ill s of affairs is a little less gloomy, though liti - treiz e i_ 4ef X u nfavourable. Consols for transfer are l t 1 , (1 1 er the account in March, 901 exactly. The b ti Nt i n ' tee e and Reduced Annuities have been i ''lch "Itt quotations ranging from 89t to 90 s ; e o Be ' ee` tiet li i ll B are 10s. to 4s, dis.; and Indian T h t 'ts, 103 i 10 41. ktri t et t e il very little alteration in the Foreign 44Ptibl•etilie torning, but general heaviness is per ,,.."e2 : and business is dull. Turkish 6 per Cents, ( 7' ' l ll•e r , 6 l- i ; ditto Consolides, 451 i ; Mexican, 7:tieareek, 201 : ; Spanish Passive, 34 - 3 . ; .4, N:1;7 8 ' 12 1 13 ; italian, 661 67; and the Con the ' °4l ) 47 49. -villlttinn • the ll "lway t _ 4, 4 _ Bin ai Share Market "tak e) , 'en very extensive, but a further decline 1 1 4) ttll erti " Place in prices. Great Eastern and Great d A 4 414% 4 kook have declined 55., Lancashire an (114,e, brizhton and S nth Eastern, 10s., tile -4 )14 ,„,.- ' So d Metropoli -1 £llO ')eiorth Western, £l, an Th e t S. kt;4t‘itit:*„4 a nd colonial lines remain without .4 Ett -.Re. rail ' and . I "ted 20' k sh a tlst "e l'eollaneons Shares are also, in seve• Imperial Bank are 1 411 3 -i ; t o Le flatter. k "I; 60, ° don and Westminster,. 781 ; Orien tk tat 48 e t . ernational Financial, 129; and ecli t , 1 I prem. B RIT °Ov, ITI 14 4 . , Si l . t ., --- 0. eatl4 -r-tlx 4 4,, t it to Aee • 0 0 4 Z P I nzan. S—CLOSING PRICES. IsZ, l° 3 el lt, h l tat 8 kk l i v a Per 0 es t i,, eb:i ......... i ell aced • B9i 90 89, 9 0 A 144 Per 0 t, 904 90 ketlie e 4 i • ......... bit. tie 4, A prt , • J a „,.• • B B4 9 9 0 ° 891 90k 1; Li tt It; 3'1.1;1885 189'11. 1 °4 .4 , ,e' u tt ( e li ei r e :: F x D p i i r r lit . h . A. ' an pi , i lB lB Bo. . tl 0. to Ills eleg th kik it • 41 .000 raph), Aug. 85. 14k 1 k it u OO l 21 4 : 3 b• 19N, -_ I h gland ki k ti o , tad st 4100 and. P er Cent. 410 b it tte Cio.v k, li e ii 66 its4„11104,1"134: r Ct . , last he 4lO ,t}if," C'eol. Per Cent Tsr ---Yr. 237 5 .0. , 0 A per t... ~ A. nnnITIEs. Ill t ,to Zetotent. j ... Pril 1874 . •• . 215 brto l!ier c t .. aly, i ' s i ........ facett°B4eiai . ,vet .... u tto 6 per ria 1 • 8 i. 8 lo4} - Otto b i p e ent., Jr,; 4 p er c b. b i tbe Ceta an. 1 872 Cent .... V I Lto jto littlre,” Alay 1 '"' ""tta a' 4 Per ' '879 - Btl Itt, Ct., A „ ... :. 444 F i der z i o oo Aug.,:" 1864 _ tchty I°oo ....... - 1866 03s. .... II ...G.N. ........... I,,litto 1).0408 pux, ......... .. . 8 d . l'ilt„.• 1 ! (1 ' 6 Per C4, ) , S— CLOS I N 18 G PRICES. 1N50114t 1869 -1 ' ..... IttojilSater ee •i ,„ ah,int ___. tirltt, t .e, c 1 85 i t 7 4, 'lt, e..t., 1 .• .... ri , , .524 8 2_ -- qittt e 44416863, 4„ 1863 t.). , ;14 0 tk,4151, 4 , , i r - eri b . er -enpaid b:)). , 4 t i e i en -. .. ! ▪ l• - ,n , , _ „ f t . . . 1: ......... ~,I,i p e C ellt. 9 4 ' 5 0 . ;a , 414'', ii p er e'• .... ••...... •• • +Ji a Iler Cent el,• ki)).tti) k t O ea t., h; • _ t.,61,,,,, o e t, 1 88 • 12 G u il d ' ti!ti ki, 1 ., et., ,„,,,, 8 ..... Guilders ...... :)!litiD) P it . T 65 21,,‘„101,„id •4 p 4..4,A ;Nockm-ii, . ........... . _ 0 i s , per 14 41 taat,ed, . i ...... Cent ** -- i t t% 5..4 C ent, ..... Warrant — b. t to '&,-NI etine ....... tb, Itt, 00-11`'Ntt., 18 I t zt. , A nn_ k ti ~ . 24_6', ea-Coupons ) 44, ./•441141144t.. ........ L-onpons, e l k 4 per , ... • ........ It ,tt,:iltt2 c ... II:011444 petez.clitar 1, , ,. 0 4,r4)lt4teat Railway e rallatja .. IPtortltletrie.t• ........ ) ..._ Vtt 2 a, 6 p.e. ....... ... i Itt ' : , bePt 6 . . . . r Cent ljliteeLetiettteqe.llt. 44, 4 4..4 lirctiir. Alito s i-8. 6i 6 p er 4 nt (Recta • •• • ....... • tlke11) t' • Cent tares) ___ to - ke‘186.3" . '' Ea. 25f Nbit 44 43 t ee ) 4:6 ... ...... tt ii h ii„ t. tit. 8 . 3d. pa la Ne4'er ; ........... •• A Li t to 11 % 44t. M .) 186: ,t,tte,kko per .. 2 1 4 1t litil to: ke e to D r it n ee); t .C.en.., ___-- tttl ~tlt.., Liz L bit} 6 , ... 6, , 'o_ • n ,-.• •• . O'A,, Attemr eat., .1",„. ... • .... 62,,3 _a t N a 1 1)4 1 3. t 185 ( ) ; £ .81 b9;lllA!pereeta 1860 Nititolslseoe,„'t: 1869 ................. ..... t :t1 1 a ,'z4&,,1362 __ 1), ..,1., e e t,t , ,;44,.4t titt'' leeo tlef. ...........▪ ........ h li t to attli,,l4terrod t).lll4‘ktn_o4, • .............. —. 1.':4171 Ae, rt • ilft•;:. 111.'141,1, l'lltl°i.‘-:cia...: • • .: ' vi tr o 4 pkr _ e t• not funded 4itqkeeeor e k2 e tit . : • • ....7 b i tt,, h t lk, 4 t. igi ............. 12 I)tit .k 4 4 .1 ° t: . .. • 4 ............... 113 ,t to l 43 11 14 t • I;Liq ............ e t to: D l ' t,:•• . . OiiA% tirl,(lB ................... 8 -1 8 741) 10Plilt.• 186 i• ................. 69, iit tlerie 1504'• ............. ......4 b i o ea N,,, e ls .................. 66x 1 't L lier lD r (2. • 'l./Z; ............. 6ci 1,,t0i,N4 ent • nt CenL ....... 66a 7 ei t 2i ',4e_at, 2 , 186 .............. 4 i Otlt°ll)er r,gri' ° n .`, • ............. ___ 4q, th , h ,, , c 4,,, t p i : .tpkti Atqr Q e 'L., .R; above ......... .._.z Itt, 6 p:es, r . ce • 1.2 G . PaYable in L op. Atc:iie(JitPer T!cateu,4ll ........ 64.0nd 'a. 41514 ti/ ' •.' 1 861 nt " EX . 7....., t 4 .. ... , Ex..25.,.26f _. A ° lle ..... iraricB ek... .._ .... ant' • ...... Tru -r" 67 61 • .... tp, ° :CLOCR .................. '' ......... 901, 1 . • 100 1 1 1 SHARE MARKETS.---Thi s day, Share Railways. 13.14. air.. Wol., and Str. Val Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat.,andlklid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Corn wall 8 8i 81 j 84 €6 ll9j 1201 7 76 Do A A gets no dix , Do. B tillfipc.pan.bas been paid to B. Dublin tiz Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Juno. !Edinburgh & Glasgow. iGlasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Paid. Closing Business • nee. done. 85 4i 1194 20 49119 46 Ditto East Anglian st GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. an W. of Irelatt (Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat, and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & ScrAh Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle Do shares Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Birming...t Derby Ilid. Gt, W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Kent ... Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, Ar Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New INorth_Statrordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Soot. Mid. stock Shrews, and Welchpooi Shropshire Union South Devon ,South )astern 'South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines,Wok.,andWok. Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 1886 Taff Vale Do B Do C Ulster Do Do ..... Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford tt Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.6slt. West Midland -Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford' BRITISH P Railways A t ;antic St Law - rem( Flom.,Barodact.Cent Inc Gu. 5 per cent... Do. New . Do. E. Shares... Buffalo and Laze Huron Do. Preference Buffalo,BrantotGollric)l 6 p. at. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 187: 1.)o. do. June 1, 12,;71 Clcutta,tS.Easto. (Lu Cape Town & Dock Seri) Eastn. Bengal go. 6 p. East Indian. gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Ext..... Do. do. H do. Grand Trunk of Canada 1)o. Ist Fret. Bonds.. Do. ao. deferred__ Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred__ Do. 3d Pt ef. stock Do. do. deferred...... Do. 4th Pref. stock... Do. do. deferred G t.lndiarentn.gua.sp.o Do. New gua. 5 p. 0... Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per Cent. Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New .. • • Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt. Do. 5 p. o. do. '77-8.... Indian Branch Limited Madras. guar, 5 p. o. • • Do. 41 p. 0. Extension De.4i d 0........ Do. Fifth Extension. Melb.Corp. 6 p. 0. Bnds. Melb. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. Mortg. Bds. Newßr =amok et Candy Class A and B. N. ItLC'da6 po Ist p t bds Mode .......... Do. Delhi _ . Do. do :: .as •• Do. Punjaub r ;3' 8 Do. Do. ........ , ?i; Do. Indu.s.St. Flo.) 37 39 16 17 95 97 106 108 98; 49} 45 47 a 8} 1! . ,8 129 134 136 134 136 97 99 84 C 5 109 1091 70 72 102 iO3 40 42 106 1061 102! 1031 49j 54 98 99 128 128} It 97 99 I Hi 62i 25 t 6 1021 1031 58 r 9 904 914 125 130 1 2 p 77 79 11 Ili 123 126 43 45 98 100 63 64 33 8f 931 el} 98 100 91 tOi 38 39 94 104 0 7 8 161 4 1C5 p 8 4 6 .1 1) 3 34 p 87 90 170 175 22 25 SIONS. Closing Prioe. N 61- 102 104 i 1 13 6 1 51 6 p 8 9 IGO 102 100 102 104 106 102 104 P P 191 201 73 75 58 61 66 68 49 55 50 52 83 12 26 28 20 74 103 105 4 2 1, 102 104 9i 10 11 10K 92 94 85 87 i en 101 103 97 99 V 2 96 58 60 3 6 82 84 102 104 102 104 I IP 102 104 98 100 T SECURITIES. 100 102 1.(2 104 102 104 90 12 90 92 106 107 109 111 109 111 107 109 110 112 103 106 147 109 I[ol 103 99 99; 100 Lo Ito 91 10 134 3 4i 632 41 1081 9} 102 12 41 104 5i 102 f 3 99 7f 81 128} 71 51t 1022 58i illi Qoi 1 COLONIAL GOVERI% Cau.Gov. a p.c.J a tt.i ui3 1877-81 Aug. Do. 6p. A Feb. & g Do. d p. a. Mar. & Sept. I Do. tp. c. Jan.&July. Do. 5 Inscribed stock Cape G. Hope. 6 p 0,1873 Do.Ap .Sz, Oct. 1880 Do. 1890 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6 p c Mauritius 6 per cent .. Natal Gov. 6 per cont.. N..8.G0v. 6 p.c..) a.&Jul,) Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oat. N. S.W. Gov. 5 p c., 18,it Du. 5 p. c.,lBrt to It'f Do. d0.,1888 &upwds New Zealand 6 p cent. 'Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c. sterling, 1875. Queensland Gcv. 6 p. c. S. Aus G6p.c.1878.& up.. Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&.July Do. to 6 P.O. An.&00.. BRITISH MI I Cambrian Consol. Gold L;lillord Amalgamated.: Devon G. Con.. k "f avist ) East Bassett (Illogan) East Clog - au Gold Ltd East Caradon ..... East Cara Brea... E. W'l Russel (Tavistk.) Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen., ;Great south Tolgus 'G. Wheal Vor (Ralston Grenville .. ller;:d's- Foot ...... tlingston Downs Lady Bertha Nlargaret (tJny Lelant Marke Valley.. Myndy Iron Ore (Lim ) New Setun North Downs N. Wii 't Basset ( I llo.fan North Wheal Crotty Par Console (mot. Blaze>, t'rovidenoe (Uny Lelnt.) South Caradon(St.Cleer, S. Cam Brea (Illogan) S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan , Stray Park fainar Silv.& Lead Min fin Crort West Basset (Illogan) W Cr radon (Liskeard) West Seton ..•••• Wheal Basset (Mogan) Wheal Buller(ltedruth) Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) WhealLudcott Wheal MaryAnn(:len ) Wheal 3eton . . Wheal Trelawney (Lis.) Wheal Union 48 384 394 570 680 674 70 4d par 27 28 7 74 5 Gi 9 11 44 5 154 164 5 54 66 38 44 5 17 19 64 7 14 f d 80 90 2 24 24 2f 5 54 I /57i 62i 28 30 191 20} 11 12 54 56 190 200 80 85 3, 37 *74 5 10 2.0.6 3.0.8 8 58} 7 3.17 1, 2 131 141 16u 170 25 26 3 3i P REFERENCE'S HARES. Great Western Orig. 4j per cent pf., 98 London and Brighton, 5 per cent. gua. stock, No. 1,115 j Mid. Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, Ditto, Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., 136 j SI PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Northern, 5i I FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 8} Bahia aliti thin kYaneisco (11m.) gua. 7 per cent, 17i Copenhagen, 3} 3 Recite and San Francisco gua. 7 per ceut.,lll7i San Paulo (lira), gua. 7 per cent., 8 FOREIGN MMES. Cape Copper, lim., 8 Coplapo, limited, 5 Dm Pedro, Norlh Del Rey, ; St. John del Rey (lim.), 52 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Agra and United Service (lira.), 120 Alliance Bank of Lon am and Liverpool (Um.), 451 4 5 Ditto, new, 304 30 Dank of Egypt, 274 Bank of Queensland (lira), 131 British North American, 484 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 414 City, (09 Consolidated Bank, lira., 104 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 22 Hindustan, China, and Japan (lira.), 294 Imperial Bank (Urn.), 264 4 6 Imperial Ottoman, 174 4 4 London Bank of Scotland, lim., 74 London and Brazilian aim.), 584 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 26 4 6 London and County, 67 4 4 64 74 7 London Joint Stock, 37 64 London and South American, lira., 84 1 London and Westminster, 784 94 Merchant Bank, lira., 114 National Provincial" of England, Ditto, new, WI Ditto, ditto, 32 Oriental Bank Corporation. 59 84 94 Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi (1im. 1 ,:61 Standard of British South Africa (Wm), 28 71 Union of Ireland (lim.), 194 Union of London, 424 2 DOCKS. London, 74i Victoria, 101 MISCELLANEOUS. Commercial Union (Insurance), 97, Crystal Palace, Ditto, pref., 112 Crystal Palace. 6 per cent. perpetl. deb. 112 East India Irrigation and Canal, 41 Egyptian_ C omm ercial and Trading, Bin., 4 ka -z..glish and Australian Copper, 2 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, 11m., 61 1 f 1 Hudson's Bay, 167, 17 1 Indian Carrying (lim), 1} I nternational Financial society, 111 1 14 111 121 Joint-stock Discount, lim., 61 6 1 6 1 London Financial Association, lira., 251 5 1 National Discount Company, lim., 11 107, National Steam Navigation, lim., 4 North British and Mercantile Insurance, lim., 204 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 77 Royal Mail Steam, 79Z 9 Scottish Australian Investment, lim., 143 T hames and Mersey M ar i ne (Insurance),llim., Of Universal Marine (Insurance) llm., 5p 1 West India and Pacific Steam, Um., 3i 3.4.0 8.0.0 17e 40 6.16. 8.12 4.'8.0 2.8.6 4.3.0 21 3.1.0 2.6.0 10.8.7 18.18.91 30.17.61 iirtthr. Townley's Case before Parliament. (FROM A. CORRESPONDENT.) HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Feb. 1. The Queen, Princess Helena, Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Princess Hohenlohe attended Divine service at Whippingham Church yesterday. The Rev. G. Prothero officiated. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 2, 1864. The Prince and Princess of Wales. As Parliament is now to meet, and Townley's case will be brought before the House of Commons, it is as well in order to promote the great ends of justice, to summarise the chief points. Ist. As to the contention that the 3 and 4 Vic., cap. 54, did not render it obligatory upon the Home Secretary to arrest the course of justice, but giving him a discretion ary power to do so, if it should prove, upon his looking into the facts and circumstances to be reasonable and expedient. 21. As to the contention that the certificate on which the warrant for the removal of Townley to a lunatic asylum was granted was invalid, and consequently the warrant for the removal was illegal, null, and void, ab initzo. 3d. As to the proper course now to be taken by the Government. First. With reference to the newly discovered powers given by the act of 1840. The words of the first section are that it any person in prison, except under civil process, shall " appear to be insane, it shall be lawful for two justices of the peace of the county, city, borough, or place where such person is imprisoned, to inquire, with the aid of two physicians or surgeons, as to the insanity of such person, and if it shall be duly certified by such justices and such physicians or surgeons that such person is insane, it shall be lawful for one of her Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, upon receipt of such certificate, to direct by war rant under his hand that such person shall be removed to such county lunatic asylum or other proper receptacle for insane persons as the said Secretary of State may judge proper to appoint." Now if the words, "it shall be lawful" for the Secretary of State to remove Townley to a lunatic asylum, are to be construed as absolute and compulsory, instead of merely giving him a discretionary power, a num ber of gross and glaring absurdities will necessarily follow by inevitable logical sequence. First, if these words "it shall be lawful" mean, not what they say, but what they do not say, namely, that the Home Secretary " shall, whether he sees good and valid reasons or not, remove the alleged lunatic to an asylum," the direct consequence is that the intention of the Legislature and the meaning of the act is to give a coupl e of country magistrates and a couple of country doctors, power to rescue any criminal they choose from the hands of justice. The act applies alike to all persons in prison for anything whatever except under process in a civil action, from murder down to a mere misdemeanour. Is it possible that this can be the intention of the Legis ture and the meaning of the statute ? Every lawyer and every layman of common sense must answer this inter rogation with an emphatic negative. The Home Secre tary ought to have ascertained that the facts of the case really supported the certificate of insanity given by these country doctors and country magistrates. Another absurdity that follows from the construction that the words "it shall be lawful," are compulsory and imperative, instead of dis cretionary and optional, is, that if this is so with regard to the Secretary of State, it must be equally so where the same words are used in the same sentence with regard to any two magistrates, and any two physicians or surgeons in the country. The act, as we have seen, says, that "if any prisoner shall appear to be insane, it shall be lawful for any two justices, with the aid of two physicians, to inquire into and certify his insanity." Therefore, if the words "it shall be lawful" in this first section of the act are to be construed as peremptory and leaving no discretion, the absurdity will follow that it is obligatory upon every magistrate in the country to be for ever inquiring into the mental state of every prisoner in his county, city, borough or place ;" and also obligatory upon every physician in the country to be for ever inquiring into the mental state of every prisoner in the country, there being no restriction in his case to his own "county, city, borough, or place," to the end that they may certify insanity where it is found to be the mental state of the subject of their inquiry. This absurdity, monstrous as it is, is not in the least more monstrous than the absurdity of supposing that a pair of country doctors and a pair of country magistrates were intended by the legislature to be invested with power to set aside the ver dict of a jury and the sentence of a superior judge, after a solemn trial, and that by means of a simple certificate given after a secret inquiry, which is of such omnipotence that it is to compel the Crown itself through its organ the Home office, to rescue a wilful murderer, notoriously: not mad at all, from the punishment which the law has ordained for the safety of society and the preservation of life and pro perty from murderers and robbers. Secondly, as to the certificate. As this matter stands at present, it seems that some think the certificates are impeachable upon various grounds. One of the persons who signed appears to havo thought that he was only signing a statement of his own opinion, and did not know the force of the document to which he appended his name, It also appears the certi ficate on which tke Home-office acted was not given and dated until after the warrant purporting to be founded upon it was issued. But these matters will, no doubt, be made clearer when the discussion comes on in Parliament. There is another point, however, connected with the certificates of more importance still. It is that the Home Secretary does not appear to have thought it worth while to enquire into their validity, or the validity of the grounds on which they were given. The report of the Lunacy Com missioners affords some insight into the grounds upon which Townley seems to have been con sidered of unsound mind by those whose minds and judgments are so unsound as to see in him any thing else than a perfectly sane, but withal an unusually perverse, revengeful, cruel, bloodthirsty, and wicked mail. This combination of bad qualities may constitute eccentri city and an abnormal disposition, in the sense that happily there are few such wretches in the world; but this is not the insanity which exempts from punishment ; on the con trary, it is peculiarly in need of punishment to keep such men in order. This brings us to the pretence on which the plea of in sanity was set up. It was agreed that Townley is an atheist, a materialist; that he does not believe in God, in a future state of punishment for the wicked; and that he has a con- viction that he had a right to Miss Goodwin's life. In other his vengeance, for being re words, he has a right to glut jetted by a young woman, by cutting her throat. Then there was the story about some of Townley's freaks and peculiarities. But who is there that has not, at some time or other, shown a disposition to freaks, practical jokes, eccentricities, .ke.) quite as strange as Town ley's. There are times when everybody is merry and fro licsome, and inclined to play off all sorts of tricks, and say odd things. There are odd ways whieh everybody has, and which are peculiar to th emselves, like Dr. Johnson, the onclei andtouching intensely sane phlegmati c D r . Johnson, col g a i of orange p ee l he could lay h i s han d s o posts dow n Fl eet - street — a thi ng i s en r-m l n l d t e h d sr a allp s the which, ho asserted, made him feel very uncomfortable and dissatisfied. But even if Townley were mad about white hate, or mad pliers i n a ll ages , o r mad upon theology, in company. with. Epicurus, Hume, Comte, a l t t u b e u i about k e n e d t thnheoao end r y e,. av o e f o f d g ri r v e e a r t s property, ph w l andoosthe law of meuna and firmly b elieve they have a divine right, under the Bible, to property in man, as Townley believed he had a property it, woman,---what has this to do with his being really mad in the sense that he could not see and understand the cennection between his being murdering Miss Goodwin and the punishment annexed to that crime by the law f If he could see and understand by means of murder,robbery, the intendedthis, f e h a e r i w tt o a i nspsarpeflivrtee prevent j rc e er i r tE r p on e gp u rp l oe s to b ep n i punishmentnft,om society, and the like. With reference to the third point, namely, the proper course for the Government now to adopt--there can be no doubt that in the mind of any reasonable and benevolent man who understands the law, who desires that human life shall not be exposed to the first ruffian who takes a fancy to destroy it, and whose healthy sympathies are not with the murderer but with the victim. The first sec ti on o f t h e A c t war rant,of 1840, 3 and 4 Vie., cap. 54, provides that i nsane pr i soners remo s vc h d a t l o l arelmunaiantitchaesryclufunbytil it shallthelo e duly certified to Secretary's ono of the principal Secretaries of State, by two ph) sicians or surgeons, that such person has become of sound mind, whereupon the said Secretary is hereby authorised. if such person shall still remain sulject to be continued en custody, to give his warrant to the keeper or other person having the care of any such asylum, directing that such person shall be removed back. from thence to the prison, or if the imprison ment or custody of such person shall have expired, that he or she shall be discharged." Now, there is no doubt that Townley is perfectly sane, however wayward, wicked, per verso, revengeful, obstinate, and cruel ho may have been. He " still remains subject to be continued in custody ;" his " period of imprisonment or custody has not expired." The life of every man, woman, and child in the country is en dangered while Townley is rewarded for a wilful murder of all but unexampled ferocity and brutality, by being com fortably and gratuitously provided for in a lunatic asylum, his only plea for escape consisting actually in that very ferocity and brutality which renders his crime so appalling. All our lives are jeopardised by this flagrant and outrageous failura of justice. That the course of justice has been wrongly arrested is no reason whatever why so heinous and unnatural a criminal should escape in the end. Society must be protected, life must not be exposed to ruffians of he Townley stamp, Fiat justitia ruat coelum. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, accompanied by the Lady in Waiting, left Frog-. more House yesterday afternoon in a close carriage and pair, and drove through the Long-walk to the equestrian statue of George 111., on Snow-hill, a distance of about three miles, when her Royal Highness returned to Frogmore after about an hour's ride. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, accom panied by Earl Granville, and attended by the Equerry in Waiting, went oat shooting yesterday morning. Earl Granville left Frogmore House yesterday for town, in order to be present at the Cabinet Council. Major Teesdale, C. 8., arrived yesterday at Frog more House, and has relieved Captain G. H. Grey as Equerry in Waiting on the Prince of Wales. The Countess of Macclesfield has also left Frog more, having been relieved from her attendance on the Princess of Wales as Lady in Waiting. HER MAJESTY is still in mourning, and wears her widow's weeds, though the princesses are all out of mourn ing. THE NEW EMPEROR AND EMPRESS OF MEXICO ! —lt is not in March, but about the 25th of February, that the Archduke Maximilian and the Princess Charlotte are expected at Paris, or rather that their Highnesses will be received at the Belgian frontier with the ceremonial due to Sovereigns. During their stay, which will be prolonged until the sth or 6th of March, they are to reside at the Tuileries. THE DUKE OF MANCHESTER is expected to arrive in town to-morrow, to dine with the Conservative peers at the Earl of Derby's Parliamentary dinner. The Duke of Newcastle still continues in a deli cate state of health, and by the advice of his medical at tendants his grace has been absent from the recent Cabinet Councils. The Duchess of Hamilton (nee Princess Mary of Baden) and daughter are still residing at Brighton. The duchess and Lady Mary Hamilton are not expected to re turn home before the ensuing month. The Marquis of Blandford, M.P., has arrived in own from Brighton. The Earl and Countess of Cardigan have enter tained a number of guests during the last fortnight, includ ing the Earl and Countess of Westmoreland, Viscount Uffington, the Hon. George Fitzwilliam, Mr. and Lady E. Bruce, Mr. Leslie, Col. Baring and Mrs. Charles Baring, Mr. Johnstone, Colonel Steele, &a. The earl and countess will arrive in town to-morrow from Deene Park, his lord ship being sufficiently recovered from his late accident in the hunting field to be present at the Earl of Derby's dinner. Lord Abereromby has arrived at Claridge's Hotel from Airthrey Castle, Stirling. Hie lordship has come to town expressly to attend the banquet at Earl Granville's on Wednesday evening. The Countess (Dowager) of Jersey, who was thought to be progressing favourably, was taken seriously unwell last evening, and it is feared that the change is likely to be attended with danger. Viscount Southwell and the Hon. Misses South well have left Brown's Hotel for Rome. Lord Richard Grosvenor, M.P., has arrived a Grosvenor House for the meeting of Parliament. Lord and Lady Conyers have left Leamington for Yorkshire. Lord Inchiquin, recently elected an Irish repre sentative peer in the room of Lord Downes, has purchased No. 39, Rutland-gate. His lordship, accompanied by Lady Inchiquin and family, is expected to arrive in town in a few days. Lord and Lady Annaly and family have arrived at their residence in Belgrave-square. AMONGST THE YOUNG DEBUTANTES of this season will be the Lady Marian Loftus, daughter of the late Marquis of Ely. The Marchioness of Ely is ono of the Ladies of the Bedchamber to her Majesty the Queen. Royal Relationships and Foreign Polities. Mr. Bright, in his recent speech at Birmingham, referred to the complications in foreign politics which arose from our royal marriages. Without prejudging the question how far the action of our Government with reference to foreign states is, or can be, influenced by the family ties of the Sove reign, we may point out some of those connections, some of which are less known than others. The Prince of Wales, as every one knows, is mar ried to the daughter of the King of Denmark, one of the parties to this German contest, His eldest sister, the Princess Royal, is married to the Prince Royal of Prussia, one of the parties opposed to the King of Denmark. His second sister, the Princess Alice, is married to the Prince Louis of Hesse- Darmstadt, whose mother is a Princess of Prussia, and whose brother is an officer in the Prussian army. These are direct relationships; but there are others scarcely less so with which the public are not so well acquained. Prince Frederick of Augustenburg—the Duke of Augustenburg, as he is generally called here — although that title properly belongs to his father, is a very close connection of our Royal family, and is much better known to the Court than to the people of these realms. It will be remembered that when the mother of Queen Victoria married his Royal Highness the Duke of Kent she was a widow. She was first married, in the year 1803, to the Prince Enrich Charles of Leiningen, who died 4th July, 1814. By this marriage the Duchess of Kent had one son, born 1804, and one daughter, born 1807, who were consequently half brother and half sister of the Queen. • The Queen's half brother, Charles, Prince of Leiningen, died 1856, and was succeeded by his son, Prince Ernest of Leiningen, nephew of the Queen, who is a captain in the Royal Navy of Great Britain. The half sister of the Queen, the Princess Anne Feodorovna of Leiningen, married in 1828 Ernest Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. He died in 1860, leaving a widow and five children, the latter nephews and nieces of the Queen. Of these children, the third son, Prince Victor of Hehenlohe, who took the name of " Count de Gleichen" on his marriage with a daughter of Admiral Sir George Seymour, is a captain in our Royal Navy. His next sister, the Princess Adelaide Victoria of Hohenlohe (born 1835), married in 1866 " Frede derick Christian Augustus, Prince Hereditary of Sleswig - Holstein - Sonderbourg - Augustenburg," the Pretender to the sovereignty of the imaginary State of Schleswig-Holstein, who is by his marriage the Queen's nephew. Besides these relationships of our royal family with the contending parties there are others less im mediate. The King Leopold of Belgium is the Queen's uncle. His eldest son and heir, the Duke de Brabant, is married to an Archduchess of Austria, and his daughtex , the Princess Charlotte, is married to the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, brother of the Emperor of Austria, another party to the con test. Besides these connections the Duchess of Cam bridge, who was a Princess of Hesse Cassel, is an aunt of the Queen of Denmark, who was also a Princess of Hesse Cassel. Every party to the Dano-Germanic contest may therefore be said to be more or less immediately connected with the royal family of Great Britain. The Emperor of the French has conferred upon the Comte de Flahault, lately Ambassador of France at this Court, the high dignity of Chancellor of the Legion of Honour. No appointment could be more appropriate. It associates with the second Empire the most illustrious surviving representative of the first, and places at the head of the Order one whose extraordinary career from 1800 to 1815 embraces almost all the principal events of that won derful epoch. His commission as General of Division dates as far back as 1813. MR. LINCOLN is reported to be a mere shadow of what he was a year ago. The cares of office are evidently wearing upon him with fearful effect. He is a man who devotes his whole attention, night and day, t o hi s officia duties, allowing himself no rel axat i on. His friends are alarmed for his continued ill-health, and insist upon his allowing himself more leisure for diversion from the dis tracting thoughts that press upon his brain. It is said that he is only kept alive by his joking, which is nearly the death of others, who are taken ill when at length they see it. 94 31 tk Business done 103} 1021 31 1031 1021 2} 161 6} 4j GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION. Last night the new " Anglo-Egyptian Entertain ment," entitled "The Pyramids; or, Footprints in the Sand," written by Shirley Brooks, Esq., was given for the first time at the Gallery of Illustra tion, by Mr. and Mrs. German Reed and Mr. John Parry. At the commencement we find Mr. and Mrs. Reed, in company with their friend John Parry, in Alexandria, with an intention of " doing" the Pyramids, &e., &c., the scene representing the reception-room in the house of Signor Quarantino, the consul for W hackpanderso and the Bicephalons Islands. Just at the moment of arrival a quarrel springs up between the wedded pair on a very peculiar question—viz., the right way of stewing kidneys, and as to wnethor mushrooms or truffles should accompany them. The aid of their mutual friend, Mr. Parry, is sought, and ho at once sug gests that both should be used; thus the admirer of truffles can please his palate, and leave the mushrooms for those who prefer them. His advice is rejected, and rather than give in Mr. Reed determines to " do" the Egyptian tour quietly by himself, and, accordingly, he takes a fortnight's absence without leave, confiding his better half to the care of his friend. The wife and friend, of course, follow the runaway by " the very next train," and then we have the great scene of the Entertainment, the tent of the Hon. Dangleton Spangledore, in front of the Great Pyramid. We must here diverge a little to compliment the artist, Mr. William Telbin, on the extreme beauty of his painting; the " set" is certainly one of his most triumphant productions, and one that will on every occasion of its display elicit universal approbation. To the right of the Pyramid the aforesaid exquisite, Mr. Spangledore (Mr. German Reed), has erected his tent, and furnished it with every luxury, even to a grand pianoforte and an unmistakeable English bulldog. Spangledore, who belongs to that class of voyageurs who have a desire of travelling all over the world in a feather bed, has for the last three weeks been endeavouring to get himself into a proper state of mind and body to ascend the pyramid, but as yet he shudders at the idea, and prefers doing his " weed" and fondling his dog " Tear'em." Here Mrs. Reed enters as Miss Rose O'Grady, and quite captivates the fortunate owner of the tent. She then gives a racy sketch of the journey from Lon don to Alexandria, via rail and boat, which is cer tainly the best bit of the entertainment. The next visitor to the world's wonder is a certain English M.P., one Mr. Barnabus Boanerges Bradshaw (Mr. Joh❑ Parry), a political economist, who can see nothing in the much talked of brick mountain; and another very humorous incident is the rehearsal by Mr. Bradshaw of the speech he intends delivering in the "House" on his making a motion to the effect that the British Government recommend his Highness the Viceroy of Egypt to pull down the pyramids and erect baths and wash-houses with the materials. These visitors are followed by the Paella Suleiman, Arthur Wimbledon (a cadet), and Bobby Bow, represented by Mr. Reed; Archilles, a yoang Greek, Abdallah, an Arab boy, and Mrs. Saiatford Bow, a lady from London, by Mrs. German Reed ; and Signor Morgantino (a magician), Ibrahim (a dragoman), and Muley Ali (a slave merchant), by Mr. John Parry. From the foregoing enumeration it will be seen that the entertainment is rather more dramatic than usual, and we must confess we wish it had not been so. There is a want of that joyous merriment which hitherto has been the distinguish ing feature of Mr. and Mrs. Reed's entertainments, and another great mistake is that having intro duced a grand piano on the scene it is left entirely untouched either by Mrs. Reed or by John Parry during the whole of the evening. At one time we thought the economist, Mr. Bradshaw, was about to give his opinion upon things in general with a musical accompaniment, but such was not the case, and the disappointment was evidently felt by the audience. The pianoforte, therefore, had better be removed from the scene, for, without it is wanted for some especial purpose, it is a positive absurdity in its present position. There is a song for Mr. Reed as the' cadet, and another for Mrs. Reed as Mrs. Bow, but they are very ordinary pro ductions, and certainly not on a par with the musical illustrations given in former entertain ments. We feel certain that both Mr. and Mrs. Reed will at once perceive the weak places in " The Pyramids," and will set about strengthening and improving the same, more especially as they have the materials ready to hand " cut and dry." As far as the assumption of the characters repre sented by the clever trio is concerned, nothing could be better—each was a perfect photograph of its original ; but to make them " go," good music is required, and as that most certainly is, as we have already said, easily attainable, we shall regard the representation of last evening in the light of " a grand rehearsal," and look forward eagerly for a new and improved edition of " The Pyramids." The Gallery was filled in every part by a very brilliant and fashionable company. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day,) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Registrar Roche.) IN RE D. ISOUCICAULT. A dividend meeting was held under the estate of this bankrupt, formerly lessee of the Westminster Theatre. The debts and liabilities amount to £54,704, and the defi ciency on which appears to be £22,216. There is at present £1,372 in the hands of the official assignee, and £1,500 is expected from the sale of some property at Brampton. Creditors to the amount of about £9,000 proved to-day, and it was resolved that the amount in hand should be forthwith divided. The estate is expected to pay from 2s to 2s 6d in the pound. Mr. C. E. Lewis and Mr. flackwood appeared in the case. (Before Mr. Registrar Hazlett.) RE CROiSLEY. This bankrupt was described as a merchant of Mincing lane and Old Charlton, and this was a meeting for choice of assignees. The preliminary statement by Messrs. Hart Brothers and Hayles shows debts and liabilities to about £95,000, the greater part of which is covered by consignments on their way from China. Assignees were chosen by a resolution come to to take the case out of court. Messrs. Lawrence and Plews are the solicitors. SE BROTHERS. The bankrupt was described as of B raborne, Kent, Vicar of Braborne, and Rector of Monks Stonor, both in Kent, The debts amount to nearly £1,000; assets not stated ; but the cause of bankruptcy is attributed to payments made to the assignees of the late Royal British Bank, as surety for one James Hammon, for moneys lent to him. No creditors appeared to prove, and no assignee being chosen, Mr. Aldridge will be the solicitor for the official assignee. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—This Day, OLD COURT. (Before the Common Sergeant.) The Court was occupied the whole of the day with the trial of a respectably-dressed man, named Oppenheim, who stands indicted with embezzling various sums of money, the property of his employers, Messrs. Wilson, of Whiteahapel. The facts were totally devoid of public interest. The grand jury, in addition to a true bill for murder, already returned against the eight seamen, formerly to the vessel called the Flowery Land, this morning brought in a true bill against the whole of the prisoners for wilfully scuttling the ship. The sentence on the Rev, Mr. Birch had not been passed when we went to press. MARKETS—This Day. HAY MA.RKETS. SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 lOs Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 106 Od; and straw, £1 3s to £l. lOs par load. Trade slow. CUMBERLAND..—Meagow hay, £3 Os to £4 los Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 3s to LI lOs per load. Trade inactive. _ _ - - WHITECHAY EL.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 103 Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 Ws Od ; and straw, £1 3s to £1 lOs per load. A sloe• trade. COLONIAL. TEA.—The public sales of Assam have closed without any change to record in prices. China descriptions are dull and remain at previous rates. SUGAIL—The market has continued very dull, and owing to the large stocks on hand, prices in some instances have slightly given way. In the refined market no material alteration can be quoted in values. CoFFEE.----There has been a fair inquiry for colonial, and good and fine qualities of plantation and native Ceylon have realised high rates. Ricn.—Only a moderato amount of business has been been recorded in cleaned descriptions, without any material alteration in prices. TALLOW.—The market has continued very inactive con sequent upon the late political disturbances on the Conti nent. P.Y.C. new on the spot is quoted 41s to 41s 6d, and last three mouths delivery 44s 3d to 448 6cl per cwt. The Journal tie Bruxelles, the Catholic organ, anr ounces that M. Rogier has been received by the King, and has had a long conference with his majeoty. MM. Be Thetis, and Dechamp, being applied to by the King, have definitively declined the offer of power under present circumstances. The same paper states the position of the crisis as follows " MM, De Brouchere and Pirmez, representa tivesof the Left, and commanding a majority, have refused the mission which was offered them. MM. Dechamp and De Theux have been unable to accept the task of forming a Cabinet, because they did not feel disposed to accept the responsibility of a situation which they had not created, and because they had not a majority, and would therefore have been compelled to dissolve the Chamber, which might still be avoided. Intermediate Ministers were alone possible, owing to the Parliamentary situation, and the state of opinion. These com binations have failed. After MM. Brouchere and Kruez, M. Nathomb, the Belgian Minister at Ber lin, has also refused. MM. Laider and Dubois and M. Thorn have refused. The Conservative right has refused. There remains nothing but the com bination of the Prince du Ligne and the retention of the Cabinet which has resigned. The Journal de Bruxelles further announces that M. Rajier has received the grand cordon of the Leopold order. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. COMMITTAL OF THEATRE THIEVES.—AIfred charged with picking the pockets of ladies leaving the Princess's Theatre after the day performance of the panto mime, was again brought up by Edwin Coaltrupe, one of the officers of the Detective Department, Scotland-yard, a lady now being attendance to identify the purse and con tents found upon the prisoner. Mrs. Rebecca Laurence, a lady living at Norwood, iden tified the purse and contents, which she missed while leav ing the Princess's Theatre. Mr. Tyrwhitt committed the prisoner, who has only been just liberated after undergoing six months' imprisonment for picking a lady's pocket at the Italian Opera, Covent. garden, being then taken into custody by the same officer. Ellen Powell, also charged with picking the pockets of ladies at the Princess's Theatre under similar circum stances, was also brought before Mr. Tyrwhitt. Mrs. Henshaw, a lady residing at Haverstock-hill, identified a purse and contents as her property, she having missed it while at the theatre, but being too ill to attend, the prisoner was formally committed for trial. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 o'CLocii. BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, FEB. 1. WESTMINSTER. DISGRACEFUL OUTRAGE AT A TATER/C—George Kelley and Richard Brown, two soldiers belonging to the 12th Lancers, were brought before Mr. Arnold, charged with the following outrage at a tavern : Mr. Henry Edward Street, proprietor of the Trevor Tavern, Knightsbridge, said that at a little before 12 o'clock last night the prisoner Kelley came into the bar of the house, and, without any provocation, interfered with customers there, and endeavoured to pick a quarrel with them. Wit ness endeavoured to persuade the defendant to be quiet and go away, but he refused, and immediately struck one of the waiters over the head with his whip, and then attacked complainant with his fist, and struck him several blows on the head. Prisoner Kelley then attempted to get away, but complainant held him in the street, and while he did so he was attacked furiously and much injured, being kicked and beat about by other people, especially some more horse soldiers, one of whom jobbed his spur through his arm. Mr. Street's face was much lacerated and disfigured, and he complained that he was exhausted by the ill-treatment he had received. Robert Tuckwell, a waiter at the Trevor, said that amongst other acts of misconduct of which Kelley was guilty, and which led to the serious disturbance which fol lowed was—that h© went up to a young woman who was in company with a man and "hugged" her. Witness spoke to subsequent violence of Kelley. James Jaques, another waiter, also proved his miscon duct. All these witnesses deposed as to the state in which defendant was. They all agreed that he was not sober. Police-constable Watts, 253 B, said he found Mr. Street and the prisoner Kelley struggling, and seeing Mr. Street bleeding from injuries he had received, he took Kelley upon his charge, when Brown came up, got between them, and said he should not be taken. Some soldiers and other people pulled, Kelley one way and witness the other, and he was rescued, but Mr. Street having run in advance stopped Kelley, and witness was approaching him when prisoner holding up the butt end of his riding whip said he would knock him down. As he attempted to take Kelley another constable fortunately arrived at the moment and prevented his carrying his threats out. Andrew Cluxton, 276 B, said that Brown violently as saulted him. He kicked him repeatedly on the legs. Kelley was intoxicated, Brown had not been drinking so freely, and knew well what he was about. Mr. Arnold considered the matter so serious that he de clared his intention of sending it for trial. Prisoners were remanded for the depositions to be pre pared. THAMES. SAVAGE ASSAULT ON A POLICE CONSTABLE.—Isaac Oakley, a convicted thief, better known by the name of " Captain," was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with violently assaulting Alfred Herbert, a police-conetable, 210 H. The complainant stated that the prisoners and others were turned out of the Yorkshire Grey publichouse this morning at half-past two o'clock. The prisoner was making a dis turbance, and, on being requested to leave, he made use of very foul language, and said, " I shall not go for you, you --." He touched the prisoner and said, "Now move on, and don't get yourself into trouble." The pri soner made several blows at him, and at last got him down and kicked him on the belly. Some of the prisoner's com panions pulled him away, and when he got up he went after him and seized him. The prisoner got away from him and fell against the shutters of a house and hurt himself, The prisoner —Hurt myself, why you beat me black and blue with your staff. My ribs are dreadfully hurt. Herbert said he did not touch the prisoner with his staff. There was not a mark of violence on the prisoner, who aimed kicks at a vital part and they alighted on his belly. He had been in great pain all night. George Walters, 128 H, saw Herbert and the prisoner engaged in a violent struggle, and assisted in taking Oak lay into custody. Mr. Paget asked if the prisoner was known, to which Police-Sergeant Barnes, 10 H, replied that he was a well known thief, and had been convicted twice or three times. The prisoner was again tried at the last sessions and acquitted. Mr. Paget said the prisoner had committed a very savag assault on the constable, and sentenced him to be imprisoned for two months and kept to hard labour. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE T A.TTERS,kLL'S—MoNDAY. There was a very good attendance this afternoon, and betting was carried on with some spirit, especially on the Chester Cup and Derby. For the former 100 to G was offered against Anfield, but nothing would induce backers to invest at the price, Blackdown was the lion of the day, and after 1,000 to 40 had been booked about him several times 20 "fifties" were accepted, the lika odds being also noted in favour of his stable companion, Accident. Carisbrook and Muezzin were each in force at 25 to 1, and towards the close of business Change, about whom there were some warm in quiries, would have been supported at 33 to 1, to money. ",Vhitethorn, the reputed "cock of the north," was in consi derable demand, 33 to 1 having been taken kindly. 40 to 1 each was offered against Lord Westmoreland's three, with out a response. The Two Thousand was very little touched upon, the few bets quoted below being only to smal l a mounts. Scottish Chief continues to improve his position in the Derby betting, for which he is again first favourite, but al though his followers and retainers all spoke well of him, offers of 10 to 1 would not tempt them to give him any fur ther support ; later on, however, 2,100 to 200 was snatched up and divided between two stanch adherents of ." the Chief." Paris was decidedly "fishy," 13 to 1 being freely offered. Coastguard was such a hot favourite that all the 14's to 1 were caught up in no time, and as only 13 to 1 w as afterwards obtainable the commission in his favou r cou ld not be executed. The two " dark" cracks, Forager and Blair Athol,wero somewhat mysterious, 1,000 t o 55 , or a fraction while to e l t B he I,being accepted about L or d S t. Vincent's hone northern champion WAS f r i en d less at 18 to 1. Ilis torian was firm at his p r eviously -quoted price -23 to 1 (taken). The retrogression of Paris was followed by the advance of his stable companion, Idler, who was backed in quarters where something is usually known at 30 to ' (taken freely). 1,000 to 30 is the pons asinoi um over which Ackworth is unable to pass for the present, while his stable companion, Copenhagen, se ems to be creeping up to him. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Mark _ Market very quiet. Sales, perhaps 2,000 or 3,000 bales. Import, 4,064. Previously, 4,053. SIR CHARLES TRLVELYAN has knocked himself up by overwork. lie has been advised to leave Calcutta, and has proceeded on a trip to the north-west to recruit his strength, He will spend two months at Delhi. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) HARROW RACES—This DAY. LIO HANDICAP PLATE. Flower Safety Reindeer 2 Tiney 3 Fourteen ran. SELLING STAKES. Restive 1 Elise Atlas , ' Seven ran. GUARDS' CUP. Cheviot Useless Brute Johnnie 3 THIRD E DITIOINi .-----..• SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. DEATH OF THE DUCKESS OP PARMA, VIENNA, FEB. 2. The Duchess of Parma died yesterday evening, after a few days' illness. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE —This Day, SELLING STEEPLECHASE. Trumpeter Mystery ..... 1 Nelly 3 HARROW STEEPLECHASE PLATE. lronsides Miss Emma Light of other Days 3 Four ran. LONDON GAZETTE—This Evening. DOWNING-STREET, FEB. 1. The Q ieen has been pleased to appoint John Gardiner Austin, E: q,, to be Lieuten a nt -G overnor o f the Colony of British Honduras. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, FEB. 1. The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade give notice, that the Illoniteur of the 29th ultimo contains a French Imperial decree fixing the duty on coal and coke imported into France in French vessels and by land, at 12c. per 100 kilos. (decimcs in cluded). The' above-mentioned decree is to come into force ou the 4th inst. ADMIRALTY, FEB. 1. Rear-Admiral of the Red Sir James Hope, K.C.8., to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue from the day he enters the limits of, and whilst employed as Commander-in-Chief of her Majesty's ships and vessels on, the North American. and West Indian Station. \VAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, •FEB. 2. 6th RegimeLt of Dragoon Guards—Cornet Arthur Fitz. Patrick Godman, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice George Selwyn Marryat, who retires. 4th Hussars--Cornet Robert Soames to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Harry Youl, who retiree. 15th Hussars—Captain William Edington Stuart to be Major, without purchase, vice Horace Tower, deceased —Lieutenant James Alston Clark to be Captain, without purchase, vice Stuart—Cornet Archibald Campbell Douglas, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Clark. 17th Lancers—Gentleman Cadet William Rose Wynter, • foom the Royal Military College, to be Cornet, by pur chase, vice Harris St. John Dick, who retires. • 2d Regiment of Foot—Captain William Gair, from half-pay, late 6th Dragoon Guards, to be Captain, vice Edward Spicer Charlton, who retires upon half-pay, on appoint ment as Staff Officer of Pensioners. 23d Foot—Lieutenant Charles Morgan to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Lieutenant Samuel Ralph Sadler, who has retired. 29th Foot—Ensign Julius Tennyson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ernest Augustus Prideaux Brune, who retires—Gentleman Cadet Charles Welman Hawker Helyar, from the Royal Military College, .to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Tennyson. 31st Foot—Ensign George Moore Lambert to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Robert Freke Gould, who retires —Gentleman Cadet James Frederick Bevan, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, trice Lambert. 49th Foot—Lieutenant Joseph William Lewis, from 65th Foot, to be Captain, by purcbase, vice Charles Fleetwood Shawe, who retires. 65th Foot—Ensign Duncan Chisholm Oliver Spiller to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Joseph William Lewis, promoted, by purchase, in the 40th Foot—Gentleman Cadet John Henry Graham Holroyd, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign by purchase, vice Spiller, 67th Foot—Lieutenant William Digby Lloyd to be In structor of Musketry, vice Lieutenant Edward Cowen, promoted. 70th Foot—Lieutenant Thomas Deering Backhouse to be to be Captain, by purchase, vice James Green, who re tires—Ensign Henry Elderton Whidborna to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Backhouse—Geutleman Cadet Henry Boyle Travers, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Whidborne. 71st Foot—The promotion of Lieutenant Robert Lewis and of Ensign Hugh Fraser to bear date 19th November,. 1863, Captain Charles Francis Smith having been killed on the 18th of that month—Lieutenant Robert Heron to be Captain, without purchase, vice Robert Barttelot Aldridge, killed in action—Ensign Edward Gordon Lillingston to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Heron—Gentleman Cadet John De Lancey, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Liilingston. 72d Foot—Ensign Thomas Bedford Urquhart to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice Henry Francis Campbell, deceased. 78th Foot—Lieut. Sir Alexander Muir Mackenzie, Bart., to be Captain, by purchase, vice Captain and Brevet Lieut.-Colonel Thomas R. Drummond Hay, who retires upon half-pay—Ensign Arthur Joseph Stourton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Sir A.M. Mackenzie, Bt— Gentleman Cadet John Thomas Carruthers, trom the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Stourton. 87th Foot—Ensign Richard Hay Kirkbride Saul to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Andrew Macdonald Grote, who retires—Gentleman Cadet Edward Augustin Swain son, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Saul. 101st FootLEnsign Arthur Peel to be Lieutenant, vice Henry Howard Chapman, killed in action—Gentleman Cadet Henry Charles Reynolds, from the Royal Military 7 College to be Ensign, vice Peel . _ 107th FOot—P. B. Gibson. Gent., late Ensign her Ma jesty's Indian Forces, to be Paymaster. 3d West India Regiment—Sergeant Samuel M'Cullagh, from the Scots Fusilier Guards, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Charles Kennett transferred to the Mili tary train. 4th West India Regiment—Lieutenant Thomas Hew Vans Dalrymple Hay to be Captain, by purchase, vice Clau dius Kerr, who retires. DEPOT BATTALION—Captain Drury Richard Barnes, 14'1 Foot, to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Captain F. T. Lyster, 11th Foot, promoted. _ BREVET. Paymaster George Waller Vesey, 22d Foot, to have the honorary rank of Captain. Deputy Commissary George Andrews, of her Majesty's Indian Commissariat Department, to have the honorary rank of Lieutenant. The undermentioned Officers, having completed the qua. lifying service in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, to be Colonels, under the provisions of the Royal Warrant of ]4th October, 1858: Lieutenant-Colonel John Simpson, half-pay late 34th. Foot. Lieutenant-Colonel David Watson, 82d Foot. Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Wellington John Fitz- Wygram, 15th Hussars. Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel John Hynde King, Grenadier Guards. Lieutenant-Colonel Webbo Butler, 60th Foot. The following promotions to take place consequent on the decease of Major-General Botet Trydell, Colonel of the 2d. West India Regiment, on 11th January, 1864 : Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel George Staunton, from half-pay late Cape Mounted Riflemen, serving as Colonel on the Staff at the Cape of Good Hope, to be Major General. Major Henry Friend Kennedy, 60th Foot, to be Lieut.- Colonel. Captain Edward Wolstenholme Wurd, Royal Engineers (en seconde), to be Major. BANKRUPT S The following are the only bankrupts of comme!eial im portancebuilder Acton Daniel Wilson, wine dealer, Eust on - road James Dow, baker, Lewisham- roa d BenjamininthßeoLiwazene,tte Henry Stock, corn : merchant, I s li ngton James Jennings, baker, Aston James Dennis, butcher, King's Lynn John James Skelton, joiner, Eton Wm. B. Baker, auctioneer, Bayswater Edward Carey, fruiterer, Hastings Charles Steel, builder, Birmingham Samuel Brown, carpenter, Birmingham Joseph Joy, machinist, Manchester George Jordan, paint manufacturer, Liverpool Percival Hindraarch, innkeeper, Northallerton William Cowburn, innkeeper, Castleford, Yorkshire James Porley, innkeeper, Ipswich George Gosling, blacksmith, Ardleigh, Essex Wm. Breeze, shoemaker, Wattlesborough, Salop tiThornas Younger, builder, Newcastle-upon-Tyne John Branfoot, lead manufacturer, Bishopwearmouth Thomas I. McCarthy, oil manufacturer, Manchester SCOTCH BANKRUPTS, James Russell, farmer, Linlithgow Whyte and Inglis, brassfounders, Ayr James Stuart, lace and silk agent, Glasgow David Ingram, builder, Glasgow Course of the Exchange... _T Day. A.nisterdam Ditto 11,ot tertian). Antwerp • • (7 25 72! Brussels — 671 25 721 amburgh l3 71 13 Si Paris .. Short. 25 25 25 :35 Ditto Marseilles Frankfort on Maine Vienna Trieste 12 60 0 0 1 2 221 5 i; Petersburp;li Berlin Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Titan Genoa ......... ..... Naples Palermo Messina Lisbon Oporto. • • • • 474 47 471 48 25 87i. 25 921 25 871 25 92/ 25 85 '25 922 25 874 25 921 25 871 25 921 25 871 25 92 52i 52A 52i 52i 4.4.0 1 9.16.41 ihart 100 Sk stock stock stock stook stook stook stook stook 20 stock Stock stock s'ook i 6.13.1 SSE, Paid. all 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 all 100 (100 1100 all 100 LlOO 'ME: 100 100 100 100 100 99 99 99 LO7 1 - 10i1 1016 01 90 1081 lu9 109